Science News for Kids » Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How teachers cultivate young scientists http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/how-teachers-cultivate-young-scientists/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/how-teachers-cultivate-young-scientists/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:51:29 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14321 Martin Shapiro, an instructor at the 2012 SSP Fellows Institute, demonstrates the “electric pickle” experiment, a fun way to introduce students to research. Credit: SSP

SSP Fellows share tips on how to introduce research into the classroom]]> Martin Shapiro, an instructor at the 2012 SSP Fellows Institute, demonstrates the “electric pickle” experiment, a fun way to introduce students to research. Credit: SSP

SSP Fellows share tips on how to introduce research into the classroom]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/10/how-teachers-cultivate-young-scientists/feed/ 0 World’s oldest pots http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:18:37 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13205 One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> One of many 20,000-year-old pottery fragments found in a Chinese cave. Credit: Science/AAAS

Ice age people made cookware long before the rise of farming]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/07/ice-age-people-made-cookware-long-before-the-rise-of-farming/feed/ 0 Big quake, little destruction http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/big-quake-little-destruction/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/big-quake-little-destruction/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:09 +0000 Erin Wayman http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=12496 Two large earthquakes, with magnitudes of 8.6 and 8.2, struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on April 11. Unlike the magnitude 9.1 quake that struck the region in December 2004, these tremors did not trigger a deadly tsunami. Credit: ©2012 Cnes/Spot Image, Image © 2012 TerraMetrics, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, adapted by T. Dubé

A large earthquake rattles Indonesia without unleashing a damaging tsunami]]> Two large earthquakes, with magnitudes of 8.6 and 8.2, struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on April 11. Unlike the magnitude 9.1 quake that struck the region in December 2004, these tremors did not trigger a deadly tsunami. Credit: ©2012 Cnes/Spot Image, Image © 2012 TerraMetrics, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, adapted by T. Dubé

A large earthquake rattles Indonesia without unleashing a damaging tsunami]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/04/big-quake-little-destruction/feed/ 0